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Rapid Reads are short books for adult readers. They are intended for a diverse audience, including ESL students, reluctant readers, adults who struggle with literacy and anyone who wants a high-interest quick read.

Rapid Reads:

By author: William KowalskiISBN: 9781459800137Publisher: Orca Book PublishersPages: 128Price:&nbsp$9.95In order to save her son's life, a single mom must try to convince a selfish drug dealer to donate one of his kidneys to his half-brother.

By author: Lou AllinISBN: 9781554693399Publisher: Orca Book PublishersLexile Level: HL430LPages: 128Price:&nbsp$9.95A drifter takes a job at a hunting lodge in Northern Ontario, with the expectation of a big payday for the summer's work. But when the eccentric owner decides to renege on her promises, she ends up dead.

By author: Melodie CampbellISBN: 9781459808195Publisher: Orca Book PublishersPages: 136Price:&nbsp$9.95In this work of crime fiction, Gina Gallo, Mob goddaughter and unwilling sleuth, tries to return a valuable painting to an art gallery.

By author: William KowalskiISBN: 9781554692446Publisher: Orca Book PublishersLexile Level: HL310LPages: 128Price:&nbsp$9.95Rosario Gomez struggles to stay out of the gang life that killed his brother while finishing his high school diploma and preparing for the birth of his first son. But when his old friend Juan gets out of jail, his past returns to haunt him.

By author: Ronald TierneyISBN: 9781459809048Publisher: Orca Book PublishersPages: 168Price:&nbsp$9.95Forensic accountant Peter Strand investigates a suspicious death in San Francisco’s Chinatown in this work of crime fiction.

By author: Reed Farrel ColemanISBN: 9781459806740Publisher: Orca Book PublishersPages: 160Price:&nbsp$9.95In this murder mystery, the death of an NYPD officer leads PI Gulliver Dowd closer to the truth about his sister’s murder.

By author: Rick BlechtaISBN: 9781459805149Publisher: Orca Book PublishersPages: 152Price:&nbsp$9.95When the prime suspect in a nightclub murder turns out to be his partner's half brother, Detective Mervin Pratt soon realizes that the case is not quite so open-and-shut as it first appears.

By author: Melodie CampbellISBN: 9781459814134Publisher: Orca Book PublishersPages: 128Price:&nbsp$9.95In this work of crime fiction, Gina works to uncover a bootlegging operation that threatens to jeopardize her wedding.